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Office Hours: Michael O’Leary on Managing High-Performing Teams

As most companies continue to function virtually due to the pandemic, managers have been forced to reevaluate the organizational structure of their high-performing teams. Multi…

April 23, 2021

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Xi’s Next Target in Tech Crackdown is China’s Vast Reams of Data

“You need companies that are very competitive,” said Lizhi Liu, an assistant professor who has written about data politics in.…

April 23, 2021

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Peloton’s Clash with Agency Over Treadmill Safety Threatens to Tarnish Brand

“There is a rule of thumb dating way back to the Tylenol case, where people were poisoned,” said Luc Wathieu, a professor of.…

April 20, 2021

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Redefining Leadership in the Age of the New Normal

Christine Porath, a professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, says, "When you build a relationship on trust, then the majority of people are OK with…

April 15, 2021

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Pandemic Affected Access to End-of-Life Care, Widened Inequalities, Panelists Say

A recent qualitative study found that older adults are resistant to advance care planning, don’t understand palliative care and have low trust in the healthcare system,…

April 15, 2021

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Will Boycotting Georgia Work? Here’s the Impact Economic Pressure Campaigns Have Had in Other States

“Nobody wants to turn their state into a pariah location,” said Georgetown business professor Ed. …

April 14, 2021

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Unions Eye Brookings, Urban Institute as Push to Organize Think Tanks Grows

“I will be curious to see how many high-powered professional workers, who are researchers at think tanks are going to want a union to represent them,” said Douglas McCabe, a…

April 13, 2021

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Coinbase is Going Public Without an IPO. Here’s How Its Direct Listing will Work

With the confluence of a roaring stock market, a crypto market that's hitting all-time highs, and Coinbase's healthy balance sheet itself, "This is a great time to become," …

April 13, 2021

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Chinese Tech Firms Can’t Win Trust in the West, But the Companies Aren’t the Biggest Culprit

“The challenge facing Chinese tech companies is not so much about their actual behavior – but about how to prove that they have not and will not,” said Liz Liu, an…

April 12, 2021

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How Remote Working During Covid is Changing Crisis Management

Comments from Brooks Holtom, professor and senior associate dean for finance, strategy, and.…

April 11, 2021